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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14
Marriage Cnstomsin Turkev


All weddings in Turkey among Turks.
whether in provinces or cities, arc ar
] hanged by old women, and are compli-
Gated. tedious affairs. The bridegroom
holds iete several day, at his home for his
men friends, and the prospective bride
at her home with her young friends
girls, of course. The night before the
wedding the married women of her &C
quaintance come and eat the married
womens dinner with her. which consists
principally as Sam Weller would ,ay. of
''swarryn OF leg Of mutton and trim
mings. The neNt day the bride is taken
to the bridegroom house in sedan
chair, with retinue OF slaves carving
her wedding pre- cnts on trays on their
heads, covered with col1red tarlatan.
The procession IS sometimes quite i'm
posing. The brides female relatives are
also there in the new harem until night
fall and they retire TO Their homes, eav-
Ing the biide on sort OF throne, yelled.
The bridegroom is then admitted. and he
Is 10 throw himself at the brides feet and
offer her his wedding present OF some
handsome iewelry, and Big her to raise
her veil and strike him blind by her
beauty Sometimes he is struck dumb
by her ugliness, for he never looks on her
face until after the wedding.
When babe Is born in any house.
there IS great re oicins If it be boy,
less if a girl. The wife is proud for
awhile; but Turkish women are not good
mothers. They are too child like them
selves When Il girl is born to a Sultan
they fire seven guns; when a boy TWEEN
ty-one- The boys die early, the girls
are more apt to live This is supposed
10 be divine Interpolation of Provi-
dence 10 prevent too many claimants to
tie throne. Babies are dressed like
mnmm es in swaddling clothes for six
months, then the boys are put in trou-
sers. sonnet mes in generals or colonies
uniforms, regularly made
~ hen the Sultan takes a wife no cere-
mony is considered necessary more than |
to present his bride. The new Sultan |
inherits all the widows and slaves of his |
predecessor, and every year OF his reign, |
at the feast OF the Ramazan, he receives |
new one from h mother and takes |
any other girl or woman to his harem |
who happen, to strike his fancy Slaves |
who become mothers are instantly pro-
NOTED to the nix of Sultana. Six
months before the feast OF amazan, the
Nalide Sultana orders that all the Young
candidates be brought TO her, and she
chooses fifteen and sometimes more OF |
the lot There are Immediately put
under diet and training, and at the be-
ginning of the great feast she again
chooses, and this time the choice is
final.
Girls arrive at legal majority at nine
years of age and are frequently married
at ten. Children Of twelve and thirteen
are often seen with babies of their own
They are old at twenty-five The old
Turkish women have hard lot of it.
Beyond a respect for age which they con
trive to inspire by tooth and nail among
younger wives than they, their lives are
not happy. Still, they are provided for.
and as long as man lives he feeds his
family, one and all Brooklyn
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14
TaiIor.NIade Jackets.

There is only one place in which a man
can detect the difference between the
genuine and the bogus tailor-made Jacket
That place Is the theatre. Your real
swell, who backs her STYLE with. a
piethoric portemonnaie, walks to her
orchestra chair, shrugs her shoulders
with compressivc wriggle that drops
the collar Of the jacket down her bal
pulls one sleeve oil and then the other.
and finally folds the garment outside in
with much ostentatious indifference and
losses 1t over the back Of the chair so as
10 have the collar with the Fifth avenue
label exposed exactly under the nose of
the lady in the seat behind her. The
spurious and economical swell does moth
ing Of that sort. Reaching her seat she
Turns her back to the stage and her face
to the folks in the next row buck. souirms
Gut OF her jacket, folds it outside out.
y bangs it 50 skiifully over the bacI,
Vi no.--sszfr INIT no Offc Uut q MIMI
reader can ever discover whether it has
the right stamp within or no stamp at
al But everyone knows by the way
the garment is folded whether it is the
genuine article or not-Ne,c York Lettcr.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14
Thinning Frnit.

A writer says in the Michigan Rortfenl
fnrist. When planted in good soil. good
thrifty fruits will nearly always overload
themselves, and in order to secure the
best, smoothest, and largest fruit con
siderable thinning must be done; this is
especially the case with grapes and tree
hoice apples, peaches, pears, ounces
in fact. the best Of all kinds Of fruit
command the best prices, aud always
sell. Outlines the market becomes
glutted with poor fruit, and the prices
real zed are really below what it costs to
produce them, and sometimes they can
not be sold at any price, while at the
same time the choicest and best are sell
ing at profitable price
Too many fall INTO the error Of think
ing that BY thinning they lessen the
quantity so much that they prefer 20 let
e fruit all remain. This is mistake,
as well as to think that by thinning they
lessen the profit on the lruit. When a
tree is heavily loaded the fruit must
necessarily be mali, and this will lessen
the quantity; then the fruit being small
will sell for 4 less price, and really cost
more 10 sell. and you really lose rather
than make b. not thinning. Then in
addition. when a tree or vine is allowed
70 overload and mature the fruit, it is n
strain upon the vitality Of the tree, so
much that 4 rest must be had, and the
next year the tree will fail to bear.
Whenever tried iudiciously thinning
fruit always pays; but it requires CON
siderable courage when the trees are
llden with young fruit to 20 over and
pull of and throw away a considerable
portion Of the fruit. To one who has l
never tined it, at first it would seem like (
q waste; yet it has been tested sufficient
IL to prove its value.
The work OF course, should be done /
early. as soon after the fruit has set as
possible The longer the fruit grows
after setting, the more waste of vitality /
Of the tree, that should 90 TO the other |
fruit that is left upon the tree to mature
II should be done as evenly as possible 4
all over the tree, thin so as to give each /.
specimen left as much room as possible.
lose crowding is what often makes ILL
Snapped fruit II you have never been
in the habit Of thinning try a few trees
first to see the effect, and in a majority
Of cases you will conclude that it is
beneficial.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14
serenteenth Csn.urr III, mar,

A writer in the Caterer says: Pepys,
who was unquestionably a lover of good
living, and never tired of recording his
/ Hastings off brave venison rasty.n or
turkey pye,'s has given in his diary
many curious notices of the most an
proved dishes of his day. The follow
ing bills of fare' of the period referred
to speak, however, directly to the point;
they are taken from work entitled,
The Accomplished ! ady's delight in
Preserving, Physick, Identifying. and
Cookery, printed for B. Harris, 1855"
A Bill Of Fare for gentleman's house
about Candlemas;
FIRST COURSE
l. a pottage with hen.
3. A Fricacie of Chicken.
4 A leg of Mutton with a Sallet
Garnish your dishes with berries.
SECOND COURSE
l. A chine of Mutton.
. A chine of Veal
4. a couple of pullets, one larded
Garnish with orange slices
THIRD COURSE
l. A dish of WOodcocks.
5 A dish Of Asparagus
4. A westphalia grmmon-
LAST COURSE.
: Two orange tarts, one with herbs.
g An apple tart
1. A dish of Bon-christien peas.
6. A dish of pearmAins.
The fare suggested for ''Fish Days is
no less various and abundant; twelve
dishes are enumerated for the first course
and sixteen for the second. Looking at
the character of these viauds, some Of
which would not discredit the genius Of
a Soyer or Mrs. Glass, it seems pretty
evident that in the article of food theI
gamers since 1857.
The following cost of materials for a
bill OF fare in 1925, is from the account
book of Sir Edmund Deering, Knit. and
Bart.
\ dinner att London, made by my Lady
Ri harrison, my sister, T. Ashburham, and
Kate A-hb-my brother John Ashb nv
coI.en Waldron and her sister, and Sir John
Sstl ngt0n, We're With me att Alders gate
Streete Dec -, 1921 My sister FIR. Ash
lani, and cosen Mary Hill did fayle of
Wine, Is. lOd. (
Sturgeon, Is
a iol of brawne, IS
ticsled oysters Darrell, Is. Cd. I
Niniger. IS.
Eabbstts couple,-larks a dozen
plover :. aud snipes 4, Is. I
Carowaye and conftes, cd. 4
4 banquet and a dozen and a half of
glasse plates to sctt lit out H. II IS.
Half u doe-which in We fee and
charge Of bringing lit out of
Northampton. S.
A Warden pye that the cooke made
we finding We wardens, 2s As
For venson pasty, we finding We
venisOn, As
For minct pyes, IS Cd.
a breaste OF veale, IS 81.
\ legg Of mutton. -
Sum total expended, 81 los. ID
Milledulcia.
Banquet was a name given to dessert and
was usually set out in another room
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14
Catarrh is Caused

BY serofions faint In the blood Therefore, to cure
eAtarrh. PURITY the Blood. 1hOusands who have
been troubled with the dlsayreeable symptoms Of
catarrh, have been entirely curei BY Hoods sarsA
parlia. the best blood purifying medicine before
the public lteKpels every tain OF lmpurity from
the blood. and viali=es and enr.chrS H. II Won
suffer from catarrh give Hoods sarsapArilla trial
remedy 50 cordially endorsed a. this is certainly
worthy your confidence Do not delay taking (, mi
too late
Hoods sarsapaTilla has helped ne more for q
sarrh and impure blood than anything else 1 ever
used."-A- Ball, Syracuse NY
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.


She sat before me down the aisle,
she looked 20 sweet. 50 free from guile.
sat and watched her for awhile,
Thoughtless OF pray'r.
She han u faShionabls hat
In shape the opposite Of fat,
And all that / could see was that
And her back bair.
Such shoulders, such perfect waist
a Grecian Venus might have graced,
her toilet was in perfect taste
And fashion new.
know that she Is fair. l said,
As fair a dainty and well bred,r
Then. when she turned her pretty head,
She turned mine, too.
Rambler
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14

Tor many years beginning 50 far back donT -
member when. I had the eatarrh in my head ftcoa
sisted OF an excessive dow from my nose, ringing
aud bursting noises in my ears and pains the TOP
OF my head The hawking and splitting were most
excessive tn the morning when The back part OF NJ
tongue would be thick with white fur. and thsrs
would be q bad taste IN mouth Ny hearing wzs
Affected IN my left ear. Five years ago began 70
use Hoods Sarsaplrilia was helped right away
but continued 90 use Il till felt myself cured
NJ seneral health has beea seod ever since the
eatArrh left me."-MRs. z. Il. CAuLFTELD. Lowell
Mass
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14
Hoods SarsapariIla

For several years had been troubled W. "a Kind
OF asthma or catarrh in my throat. an had tried
several kinds Of medicine but could and uothi,, ~
help me- Ny wife wanted me to try a botti. Of
Hoods sarsapSrila- told the druggist Of whom I
bought II that had faith in IT, bat would give IL
trial, which did. I must say was very mprh
benefited by using ii and would recommend fl vrrv
highly to any one having asthma or eatarrh Ems
P DEvEfEs. nrm OF Peterson x Devres. Omaha
Neb.
N.B--Bs sure to get the Peculiar Nedieine.-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14

W. II. Worthingtnn, editor Of Patrons OF
Husbandry,~ published at Columbus, Mass,
writes Feb. y, lSS.. Your great remedy, Al
lens Lung Ba sam, have used in my family
for fifteen years for coughs and co ds-and know
1t TO be the best" 20, SOC, and sl-00 bottle.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14
Purifes the Blood

Il have suffered WITH catarrh In my head for
years. and paid out hundreds Of dollars for medi
eines tui have heretofore received only Temporary
relief, began 20 take Hoods sarsaparilla and Il
helped me so much that degidsd 90 keep Or Now
my eatarrh is nearly cured, the weakness OF nv
body is ali gone, appetite Is sooiin fact feel
like another person Hoods Ssrararilia u the best
medicine have ever taken. and the only one that
has done me permanent good"-MEs A. CUNNING
HAN. Providence. R l.
Take no other getoalv
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14

WHILR clearing the ground for charging
tie buildings Of the National Bank in Rome,
the workmen discovered the remains of a Ro-
man house IN agOOd state OF preservation, with
paintings on the walls, WHICH IS pronounced
as having been built in the third century
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14

can XII tiger, ifthr tiger happe S to be found
when oniy little cub SO c assumption, that
deadliest and most feared OF diseases, in this
country. can assurediy be conquered and de-
strnyel II DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
cOycryH be employed early
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14

II is estimated that between 1900 and 1000
horses are annually killed in Spanish bull
fights
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14

'L'homme propose ct Dieu dispose
Translate that, please, for me.
rs man proposes. God d.spOses,
Thai what Il means, said be.
What man prOpOsesn she exclaimed.
Then looking far away
A ross the landscape sue inquired:
How does he do it. prayi''
-BO ION Btfdgst
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14

In the Turkish empire there are 103
Christian churches with S,sl1 members;
forty-seven high schools, with 1000
pupils.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14

The ~Favorite Prescription" Of DR.. Pierce
cures female weakness" and kindred alec
tons. By druggists.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14
We Appeal to Experience.

BARONESS BURDETT- Courts has given away
in charity about twenty millions Of dollars
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14
60 10 Ererrl. fhe conntr,
M and

A dosT,tgwn bake until You get to
ses upon ihe>sHalill through Western
'rf 5i. thus; .;und the corn crop an
Tor l,i TIE pilure''.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14

~ Surteen cholera deaths have oc-
Foered on Swinburne island. since
fle arrival Of the Alesia. The dis
ease Is evidently spreading among
The passengers Of the Alesia, and
viii no doubt reach New York City
before it is throughwith.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-14

For long time we steadily refused to pub
fish testimonials. believing that, in the opinion
of the public generally, the great majority
were manufactured to order by unprincipled
parties as a means of disposing OF their worth
less preparations.
That this view Of the case is to a certain e1-
tent true. there can be no doubt
At last, several years ago. we came 10 the
conclusion that every intelligent person can
readily discriminate between spurious and
bona fde testimonials, and determined to use
as advertisements few of the many hundreds
OF unsolicited certificates in our posses
sion.
In doing this we published them as nearly a.
possible in the exact language used by our cor
respondents, only changing the phraseology.
in some cases, 50 as 10 compress them into
smaller space than they would o therwise Occu-
py, but without in The least exaggeraiingor de-
strOying the meaning OF the writer's
Neare glad TO say that our final conclusion
was a correct one-that a letter recommending
an article having true merit iinds favor with
the people.
The org nal Of every testimonial published
by Us is on Tile in our Office, Inspection OF
which will prove to the most skeptical that
our assertion mad above, that only the fact
are given a. they appear therein, is true
But As 1t would b. very announcement
impossible. for all Of our friends Nv
for that purpose, we invite ttEILE i
lf there be such, TO CORE
iin9aIaIs and ask II, 81 Ia q HISs
Raqe NOT B mi nurseries were established
OatiP Mission Valley, Texas, in 1870
o secure better mail and shipping
facilities we have removed to the
Gulf, West Texas & Pacific rail,
way, ten miles above Victoria and
eight miles from the old location
We have made the most ex-
haustive experiments, combined
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The Southern Volunteers.

Banquet was a name given to dessert, and
was usually set out in another room.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-06-02
Berdan's SharpshooteNs,

Gen. Berdan, now living at Wash.
igton, came over to New York few
days since to attend the reunion of the
Third Army corps at the Windsor ho-
tel He is the man who organized the
famous regiment of sharpshooters at
the commencement of the war, every
man of whom was tested as to his cor
rectpess and precision of aim before
being admitted to the organization.
When the boys joined they were I'M
der the impression that once in the
field every man would be allowed to
scout around on his own hook, and
from behind any convenient stump or
covering pick off the rampant rebels
at their leisure. Gen. then Col. Der.
dan had rather misty impression
himself that such would be the case.
but when the regiment got out to the
front they found themselves enrolled
IN an army corps and put to duty like
the thousands around them who had
never handled gun. There was a
good deal of kicking at first, but the
boys finally settled down to the inev-
table, and though now and then few
details for sharpshooting were made
from them the aptitude of the ordi.
n AIRY volunteers in handling their ri
| fles soon made it evident that their
special training was not of much worth
in the war. So the regiment made its
reputation not so much because o.
precision in shooting as it did by it
soldicrly and fighting record, for i
left in the graves along its four years
service over seven hundred of its orig.
inal volunteers. -New York GrG,.ic.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-06-02
Ben Wade and echer

Icalled upon Ben Wade shortly be-
fore he died and chatted with him
about his remarkable career He told
me how, as boy he walked across the
mountains from New England to Ohio,
and understood he kept his memory
green to the day of his death. Shortly
before he died he made remark about
Beecher which is rather interesting.
The story is told me by leading citi.
zen of Jefferson, O.. where Wade lived
and died. and where his sons still re.
side. 1t was during one of Beecher's
somersets upon religious questions, and
this gentleman, Mr.. French, brought
in the paper describing Beecher's new
attitude and laid it before Wade. Wade
read the paragraph, which was pointed
out to him, and was then asked az to
what he thought of Beecher.
He raised his hand and brought il
down upon his knee with slap as he
said: "Beecher! Hang Beecher! Beech.
er knocked hell out of religion, and re.
ligion without hell is no better than
pork without salt"
Ben Wade was noted for his emphat.
ic expressions. He believed in calling
spade spade, and rather prided him
upon the title of bluff Ben Wade"
He had chance to be president at the
time Lincoln was nominated, and have
been told that there was some talk OF
taking him up in the place of Lincoln.
but that the other delegates were turn.
ed from him by circular which stated
that there had been insanity in Ben
Wade's family, that his health was
poor, and that it was not safe to nomi.
nate him upon this ground. This
statement have never seen in n news.
paper, and ] have never heard any thing
in northern Ohio which leads me to be-
lieve that it can have any truth in it
Cor. Columbus (O.) Times.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-06-02
What a ThriCty wife Can Do.

A young married man sends his financial eN.
perience to the Boston Record. He says
'.When was marriott was several years
ago-I was in receipt of comfortable income,
for young man, and We went to housekeep-
ing in very good style. had saved up about
$1,000 and furnished my house with it hand
somely. paid $50 month rent. We lived
in fashionable quarter of the city and traded
at market and grocery near by. Paid cash
for all purchases. I kept a little cash-book
for the first year. We had great deal of COM
pany at first. The beeistcaks, chops, roast
beef and fowl, were frequent visitors. l
bought closely and we were careful and prr-
dent. Never an ounce Of food was wasted.
At the close of the first year ] reckOned up my
expenditures for the table and struck an
average. won't say was not astonished at
the result, for was somewhat amazed to find
that had spent an average Of only seventy
eight cents day throughout the year. That
Is S. 46 per week. Rents and provisions arc
much cheaper now. will admit cannot sec
why, with a thrifty wife, man cannot get
along with SIS week."
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-06-02
A Paralyzsd Farmer.

A Detroit butcher named Joe WILL
etts was up in Mecosta County few
days ago to sec some relatives. Joe is
built after the old-style architecture
one story and a basement-and any
man who picks him mp for consump-
tive is bound to feel sad over the m s.
take. While out riding one day with
friend he came across farmer who
was trying to ''yank" stump out of
the ground with yoke of feeble look
ing steers. The stump had begun to
"give.' but the steers strained and
twisted and pulled and couldn't bulge
it another inch.
What are you trying to do?" asked
Joe as he stopped his horse.
Trying to pull out this Internal
stump sir" was the reply.
"And the steers can't do it?"
mo, nor any other yoke in these
parts. It'll take pound of gunpow-
der to lift that stump"
"Shoo! now, but take off your cattle.
I'm something on tine pull myself"
you! Say, do look like fool9 You
can drive on, stranger.
But Joe jumped down, slipped the
chain off the yoke, drove the steers to
one side, and then walked over to the
stump and sa'd
Sometimes the dirt flies over half
an acre of ground. Better shade your
eyes"
With that he spit on his hands,
clasped his arms around the stump,
and without bulge OF his eyes he lift
cd the whole thing out of the earth and
flung it aside with the remark:
Shouldn't like any better fun than
to pull those steers backwards over the
fence, but we must be going now. So
long, old man."
And he climbed in and drove of. At
bend in the road half n mile away
they looked back. The farmer stood
there, mouth open and eyes as big as
Bermuda onions, and when they wav,
| cd their hats at him he never moved ;
hair. He couldn't He was paraL. zed
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